St. Boniface City Hall

Saint Boniface is an area of the city of Winnipeg, home to the Franco-Manitoban community. It features such landmarks as the St. Boniface Cathedral, Boulevard Provencher, the Provencher Bridge, Esplanade Riel, and the Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface. It includes Old St. Boniface, Norwood, Windsor Park, Southdale, Southland Park, Royalwood and Island Lakes. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1536x2304, 799 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Saint Boniface, Manitoba Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1536x2304, 799 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Saint Boniface, Manitoba Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... Motto: Template:Unhide = Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) Location City Information Established: 1738 (Fort Rouge), 1873 (City of Winnipeg) Area: 465. ... The Franco-Manitobans are a community of French-speaking people living in Manitoba. ... Saint Boniface Cathedral Saint Boniface Cathedral forms an important architectural feature of Saint Boniface, Manitoba, especially in the eyes of the Franco-Manitoban community. ... The Provencher bridge is a bridge across the Red River of the North. ... The Esplanade Riel is a pedestrian bridge located in Winnipeg, Manitoba. ... Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface The Collège Universitaire de Saint-Boniface, or CUSB, is a university college affiliated with the University of Manitoba and located in Saint Boniface, Manitoba. ...

The population is 45,600 (Statistics Canada Census 2001).

Community radio station CKXL and Radio-Canada television station CBWFT and radio station CKSB are all located in St. Boniface. CKXL is a community owned French-language radio station in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada that broadcasts on the FM band at a frequency of 91. ... CBWFT is the Societé Radio-Canada French language television station in Winnipeg, Manitoba. ... CKSB is the callsign of two radio stations in Winnipeg, Manitoba, which broadcast the Canadian Broadcasting Corporations French language radio networks. ...

Notable people from Saint Boniface

Saint Boniface is the birthplace of:

• Len Cariou - Broadway actor
• Bob Hunter - Greenpeace founder
• Gabrielle Roy - French-language author
• Lucille Starr - singer
• Butch Goring - professional hockey player
• Louis Riel - Métis

Len Cariou (born September 30, 1939 in Saint Boniface, Manitoba) is a Canadian actor. ... Broadway theatre[1] is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... Greenpeace founder and Journalist, Bob Hunter Robert (Bob) Lorne Hunter (October 13, 1941 – May 2, 2005) was a Canadian environmentalist, journalist, author and politician. ... Greenpeace is an international environmental organization founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1971. ... Gabrielle Roy (March 22, 1909 - July 13, 1983) was a Canadian author. ... Knowledge of French in the European Union and candidate countries French is a Romance language spoken originally in France, Belgium, and Switzerland, and today by about 175 million people around the world[2] as a mother tongue or fluent second language, with significant populations in 54 countries. ... Lucille Starr, born May 13, 1938, is a Franco-Manitoban singer, songwriter, and yodeler best known for her 1964 hit single, The French Song. ... Robert Thomas Butch Goring (born October 22, 1949 in St. ... Louis Riel. ...

External links

• Saint Boniface Heritage Centre
• History of St. Boniface Cathedral